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‘There was Marco in grimy apron plating up, or opening scallops, looking every inch the piratical hero, with his long black hair and sunken eyes and high cheek bones, surrendered long ago to his new-found affluence.’

‘Remove the scallops from their shells and discard the ‘skirts’, leaving only the white meat and orange roe.’

‘Or perhaps we appreciate how incredibly easy it is to do ourselves: simply wedge in a sharp knife against the flat edge and take it straight across, so that you scrape the scallop off the shell.’

‘If you are unsure about how to cut open a scallop or sea urchin, fillet a brill or clean an octopus, just ask your local fishmonger to do it for you.’

‘After you have shelled and trimmed scallops, give them a good wash in sparkling water for a few seconds.’

‘Once in a while I grabbed scallops, sea urchins, and lobster.’

‘The chemical, marketed under the name Calicide, acts by preventing the formation of chitin, a key component of the sea-louse's exoskeleton, but also important in the life cycles of scallops, mussels and lobsters.’

‘Bivalves like oysters, mussels and scallops are particularly prone to contamination because of the way they feed.’

‘To clean the scallops, prise the shells open with a knife, scraping and loosening from the flat shell.’

‘I also caught some terakihi, another good eating fish and that evening Hayden made a chowder with fish, crayfish, scallops and mussels.’

‘One great suggestion is using metallic braid ribbon with scalloped edges to spruce up plain metal votives.’

‘Raised above street level, a large, sloping concrete platform with a scalloped edge is covered with earth, vegetation and fragments of stone structures, including walls and a roofless cottage.’

‘I thought his pink confetti tweed skirt suit with an understated floral embroidered scalloped hem was right on the money.’

‘At the front, large tapering light covers flank a steeply rising, scalloped bonnet that features a central crease line.’

‘Add details by layering shapes over the base paper, use paper punches and scalloped scrapbooking scissors to add style, use a gold calligraphy pen to add names.’

‘The silver lace trim needed to line the underside of the rabbet so that the scalloped edge would peak out onto the backing board.’

‘It does not rest on the stone table: the foremost scalloped edge of the platform dips below the straight edge of the table, and the base of the platform is not rendered visible.’

‘I found myself admiring the beautifully scalloped collar of a jacket, the gently flowing lines of a very feminine blouse, the outrageous burst of color of a certain scarf, the delicacy of a sterling silver pin.’

‘I chose to put sand colored scalloped concrete border edgers against the outside pool edge and now only the lip shows on top.’

‘I want you to do the edge, do a nice little scalloped edge all around.’

‘I spot it on a banister: the glossy silks of its opened fan, each edge scalloped.’

‘Snap up the scalloped potatoes or the garlic mashed potatoes if you see them on the hot table, too.’

‘The girls had been up all night cooking macaroni and cheese, scalloped potatoes and stewed pork.’

‘The main course was going to be a roast duck, served with cranberry stuffing and scalloped potatoes.’

‘‘Took you long enough,’ she muttered and handed him a bowl of scalloped potatoes.’

‘However, the side of scalloped potatoes was creamy and excellent and there was a generous portion of steamed vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, beans, shredded carrots, peas) that made it feel like a holiday dinner.’

‘Although the celebration will be as muted as a saxophone full of scalloped potatoes considering his dismal last place finish in a field of two.’

‘They're equally at home with ham, lamb, and such cheese-rich side dishes as scalloped potatoes.’

‘Over scalloped potatoes and roast beef, Gabriella's favourite meal, Elaine's mother asked, ‘So, James, what do you do for a living?’’

‘Add extra cheese to scalloped potatoes or macaroni and cheese; order extra cheese on pizza.’

‘Maybe I can finally get the recipe for those amazing scalloped potatoes she made for your reception.’

‘Even her lunches were the subject of coverage, from her failed quest to find a breadless turkey sandwich at the courthouse cafeteria to yesterday's court-provided meal of chicken and scalloped potatoes.’

‘‘They should be glad I am not writing about the food,’ smiled Miller after sampling the herb-encrusted halibut with fennel sauce, scalloped potatoes and asparagus.’

Origin

Middle English: shortening of Old French escalope, probably of Germanic origin. The verb dates from the mid 18th century.